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Poetry like bread : poets of the political imagination from Curbstone Press / edited by Martín Espada.

PN6110.P728 P64 2000

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Format:: Book
Contributor:: Espada, Martín, 1957-; Curbstone Press.
Language:: English; Spanish
Subjects (All):: Political poetry.
Physical Description:: 330 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:: New and expanded edition.
Place of Publication:: Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, 2000.
Summary:: Since 1975, Curbstone Press has published works by a unique group of writers: political activists, revolutionaries, guerrilla combatants, as well as ordinary working people, from the U.S., Latin America, and throughout the world. What all share is an affinity for that place "where art and politics intersect." Unique among poetry anthologies, Poetry Like Bread presents poets whose imaginations are political. These are poets whose works are united in a desire for a world where human needs are met and justice is pursued. The poets here moved Rigoberta Menchu to comment "With bold and simple words, they speak to us of the women and men who build hope every day."
Contents:: Dedicatory Poem / Rigoberta Menchu; Patria abnegada 4; My Martyred Homeland 5; / Claribel Alegria; Ars Poetica 16; Ars Poetica 17; Visitas nocturnas 18; Nocturnal Visits 19; Los rios 20; The Rivers 21; Carmen Bomba 24; Carmen Bomba: Poet 25; Desde el puente 26; From the Bridge 27; / Doug Anderson; Blues for Unemployed Mercenaries 34; The Torturer's Apprentice 38; Colonial Album 40; Town Meeting 42; / Naomi Ayala; Poverty 43; Lawns 45; Sweeping 46; The Night I Walk into Town 47; / Jimmy Santiago Baca; What's Happening 48; I Applied for the Board 51; Who Understands Me But Me 52; Ah Rain! 54; Steel Doors of Prison 55; / Gioconda Belli; La sangre de otros 56; The Blood of Others 57; In Memoriam 58; In Memoriam 59; Conjuncion 62; Conjunction 63; / Kevin Bowen; Incoming 66; Playing Basketball with the Viet Cong 67; Gelatin Factory 68; In the Village of Yen So 70; Banking Lesson, 1970 71; / Ferruccio Brugnaro; Non Vedra Mai Piu Forse 72; Maybe He'll Never See Again 73; Non Ditemi Di Non Disturbarvi 74; Don't Tell Me Not To Bother You 75; / Julia de Burgos; A Julia de Burgos 76; To Julia de Burgos 77; Las voces de los muertos 80; The Voices of the Dead 81; / Ernesto Cardenal; Ecologia 88; Ecology 89; Las loras 92; The Parrots 93; Las campesinas del Cua 94; The Peasant Women from Cua 95; / John Carey; Hartford Daylight 98; To a Cautious Poet 99; / Otto Rene Castillo; Frente al balance, manana 100; Before the Scales, Tomorrow 101; Intelectuales apoliticos 102; Apolitical Intellectuals 103; Vamonos patria a caminar 106; Let's Go, Country 107; / Leo Connellan; Amelia, Mrs. Brooks of My Old Childhood 114; / Roque Dalton; Para un mejor amor 124; Toward a Better Love 125; Como tu 128; Like You 129; Sobre el negocio biblico 130; On Biblical Business 131; La certeza 132; The Certainty 133; / Nguyen Duy; Dat Do-Nuoc Xanh 134; Red Earth-Blue Water 135; Buoi Sang Sau Chien Tranh 136; The Morning After the War Was Over 137; Do Len 138; Do Len 139; / Martin Espada; La tumba de Buenaventura Roig 140; La tumba de Buenaventura Roig 141; Federico's Ghost 144; El fantasma de Federico 145; Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits 148; Por fin renuncia Jorge el conserje de la iglesia 149; / Don Gordon; The Scientist 152; Neighborhood Watch 153; Sea of Tranquility 154; / Maketa Groves; At Saint Anthony's 155; For Pablo Neruda 156; / Joan Joffe Hall; Among The Yurok 157; / Juan Felipe Herrera; 9:40pm 158; 3:45am 159; / Jack Hirschman; Human Interlude 160; In Memoriam, Ray Thompson (1943-1990) 161; Undone Day 163; Haiti 165; This Neruda Earth 167; / Efrain Huerta; Desconcierto 168; Confusion 169; Despliegue de asombros ante un dios 170; Unfurling of Amazements Before God 171; / Teresa de Jesus; De repente 172; All of a Sudden 173; Refranes 176; Proverbs 177; / Eileen Kostiner; Blood Knot 178; Mastectomy 179; / Paul Laraque; Le nageur noir traverse les profondeurs bleues 180; A black swimmer crosses blue depths of underwater 181; Le grand guignol du pays ou Le pays du grand guignol 182; The Grand Guignol of Countries or Country of The Grand Guignol 183; / Marianne Larsen; The Meadow 184; Cash Register 185; Ordinary Human Arms 187; / Devorah Major; Fillmo'e street woman 188; / Sarah Menefee; The blood of Colorado miners 191; You northamerican poets 192; There will be a time 193; Maybe because I stand behind 194; / Sara Miles; Histories: Part I Europe and America 195; Histories: Part II The New World 196; / Victor Montejo; El perro 198; The Dog 199; / Leroy V. Quintana; Poem for Our Dog Afraid of Thunder on a Rainy Day 200; Poem for U-Haul 201; Sharks 202; Etymology: Chicano 204; What It Was Like 205; / Margaret Randall; The Gloves 206; Immigration Law 208; / Luis J. Rodriguez; Then Comes a Day 209; The Concrete River 211; The Blast Furnace 215; Carrying My Tools 216; / Leonel Rugama; La tierra es un satelite de la luna 218; The Earth is a Satellite of the Moon 219; / Cheryl Savageau; Medicine Woman 222; Looking For Indians 224; Hanging Clothes In The Sun 226; Department of Labor Haiku 228; Why They Do It 229; / Richard Schaaf; My Daddy's Tattoo 230; The Prisoners 231; / James Scully; Now Sing 233; The Day of the Night 234; Toque de Queda 236; / Susan Sherman; First and Last Poems 237; / Edgar Gabriel Silex; Grandfather Buffalo 239; Postcard 241; Blue Cloud Rides Horses 243; / William Jay Smith; The Pumpkin Field 245; The Burning of Malmaison, iii (excerpt) 248; / Roberto Sosa; Los pesares juntos 250; The Common Grief 251; Recuerdos numero 1-2 252; Memories Numbers 1-2 253; / Alfonso Quijada Urias; Envio 254; Dispatch 255; Las tias 256; The Aunts 257; Pobres de nosostros 258; Poor Us 259; Asesinato del campeon de polo 260; Assassination of the Polo Champ 261; / Clemente Soto Velez; #3 de Caballo de palo 262; #3 from The Wooden Horse 263; #4 de Caballo de palo 264; #4 from The Wooden Horse 265; #35 de La tierra prometida 274; #35 from The Promised Land 275; / Tino Villanueva; Scene from the Movie GIANT 284; The Existence of Sarge 286; Fight Scene Beginning 288; Fight Scene, Part II 290; Fight Scene: Final Frames 292; / Daisy Zamora; Era una escuadra desperdigada 294; It Was a Ragged Squadron 295; Querida tia Chofi 296; Dear Aunt Chofi 297; Precisamente 304; Precisely 305; Reading Guide: A Companion for Readers, by Hugh Blumenfeld 319.
Notes:: Some poems in Spanish with English translation on opposite page.
ISBN:: 1880684748
OCLC:: 44775349

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